Drink for health? When the chosen drink is tea, it’s quite possible! Skeletal pain arising from aging-related conditions responds nicely
to muscle and joint boosters like those in green tea. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn has
nutritional tips like drinking green tea to our Ashburn
chiropractic patients.
AGING-RELATED SKELETAL, CARTILAGE, AND JOINT DISEASES
With aging come skeletal risks like disc height loss and changes
like the two joint and muscle diseases called osteoarthritis and sarcopenia. A new
study described how height loss and vertebral fractures in
postmenopausal women were linked. The researchers decided
that age rather than the height loss was suggested to be the better
way to determine vertebral
fracture risk. (1) Spinal osteoarthritis was linked with
stature loss in postmenopausal women, a condition known
to decrease quality of life. (2) Cartilage is the sufferer
of the inflammatory and degenerative aspects of these diseases. Sarcopenia’s loss of strength and
muscle mass requires attention to quantity and quality
of skeletal muscle mass. This is where green tea comes
into play. Green tea contains catechins that help maintain
healthy joints and skeletal muscle by decreasing inflammatory
mediators. (3) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn believes you may enjoy
some beneficial green tea!
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS
Green tea is available in many
types. An additional recent article reports
that knee osteoarthritis patients were helped by a combination
of curcuminoids, collagen and green tea extract which were shown to inhibit inflammation.
The researchers wrote that natural ingredients have
a rational role in the care of osteoarthritis. (4) Another
natural option: spearmint tea! A report of how spearmint teas affected
knee osteoarthritis found that a commercial spearmint tea bettered
stiffness and physical disability while a spearmint tea brewed from a high-rosmarinic
acid (high-rosA) variety significantly reduced pain. (5) Rosmarinic
acid is extracted from the woody, perennial herb, rosemary. it’s a polyphenolic compound with antioxidant properties. Polyphenols are reported to be
anti-cancer, anti-tumor cell proliferation, anti-apoptosis (cell death),
anti-metastasis, and anti-inflammatory. Rosmarinic acid is found in plant
species like the mint. (6) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is on the hunt for
some high-rosA spearmint tea to enhance the Ashburn chiropractic
treatment plan.
Ashburn CHIROPRACTIC CARE
For degenerative skeletal diseases, Ashburn chiropractic
care at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is gently relieving. Together with nutrition, exercise, and stress-reduction, Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn’s use of
Cox Technic benefits spine pain conditions.
CONTACT Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Peter Meyer on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
describes The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management
incorporation of cervical spine disc herniation.
Schedule your Ashburn chiropractic
appointment now. Schedule a tea party soon, too, to drink your
way to potentially better knees bothered by osteoarthritis
and healthier skeletal and joint systems.